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International Trade Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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Under the terms of the extension of the time limit for the signing of the Torquay Protocol, granted by the sixth session of the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the protocol was signed by the United Kingdom on December 19 and by Denmark on December 21, 1951, bringing to 31 the number of signatories. On December 27, Brazil notified the Secretary-General of the United Nations (Lie) of its intention to apply the tariff concessions of the Annecy Protocol and on December 31, 1951, India signed the First Protocol of Rectifications and Modifications and the First Protocol of Supplementary Concessions to GATT. The number of the contracting parties to GATT was increased to 34 with the accession, during the sixth session, of Austria, the Federal Republic of Germany, Peru and Turkey.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Specialized Agencies
Information
International Organization , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , August 1952 , pp. 449 - 451
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1952

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References

1 For a summary of the sixth session, see International Organization, VI, p. 127.

2 United Nations Press Release ITO/244. For summaries concerning the Annecy Protocol, see International Organization, III, p. 718; IV, p. 136.

3 United Nations Press Release ITO/245.

4 Department of State Press Release 983, October 30, 1951.

5 Department of State, Bulletin, XXV, p. 977Google Scholar.

6 Under Article XXVII of the General Agreement, parties claiming an interest in concessions initially negotiated between two other parties may request consultation if such concessions are being terminated.

7 Presidential Proclamation 2954, Federal Register, XVI, p. 11943.

8 GATT in Action, Third Report on the Operation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Geneva, 01 1952Google Scholar.

9 See United Nations, Bulletin, XII, p. 125Google Scholar.

10 Department of State, Bulletin, XXVI, p. 737–738Google Scholar.

11 Department of State Press Release 336, April 30, 1952.

12 New York Times, April 24, 1952; International Financial News Survey, IV, p. 338.

13 Department of State Press Release 13, January 7, 1952.

14 Ibid., 337, April 30, 1952.